Analysis

At the time of publishing, Mike Leake is still slated to start tomorrow evening against the Tampa Bay Rays. This is despite perfect rotation alignment with a more exciting, and honestly, probably better option in Jack Flaherty. As you may recall, Flaherty, 21, was the 34th overall pick in the

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You’ve already heard plenty about Paul DeJong’s burst onto the St. Louis Cardinals scene. You don’t need me to write more about that. If you follow me on Twitter, you’ve probably noticed that I worry about the sustainability of a player with a 26.4% K-BB differential. Put another

Six days ago, ESPN's Buster Olney published a piece titled, "Vote: Nastiest pitch in baseball?" Surprisingly, no pitch from Carlos Martinez's repertoire was included in Olney's poll. For those unwilling to click on the link, eight pitches were included, one of each being thrown by Carlos Carrasco (slider), Yu Darvish

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In his age 26 season, Kolten Wong is finally breaking out offensively. As of this writing, his 118 wRC+ would be a career high by 22 points. His .399 on-base percentage puts him in the top twenty among hitters with at least 250 plate appearances. That OBP places

Since my tweet declaring that Tyler Lyons wasn't good, the 29-year-old lefty has been one of the league's very best relievers. Beginning on July 7th, Lyons has faced a total of 33 batters, striking out 15 of them (45.45%; for perspective, Trevor Rosenthal has posted a 45.6% strikeout rate during this same

Yadier Molina has made plenty of headlines lately. First, after manager Mike Matheny implied Molina looked tired, we got this Instagram post. A few days later, Yadi took to Instagram again to throw shade Matheny’s way. Then, CardsCards gave us a look at Yadi’s future Instagram posts.
It’s fair to question

Since the start of 2013, Matt Carpenter has been the St. Louis Cardinals best hitter. His 132 wRC+ through August 2nd is 1% better than Carlos Beltran was in his final year with the Cardinals and 2% better than Matt Holliday from 2013 to 2016. Carpenter ranks in the top

The non-waiver trade deadline has passed, and Lance Lynn is still a member of the St. Louis Cardinals. Since 2012, Lynn has proven to be a valuable pitcher, but as a rental, his trade value was limited. Sure, Yu Darvish -- also a rental -- yielded a potentially underrated return for the

In their first game after the non-trade deadline, the Cardinals turned to number one Carlos Martinez. He got off to a rough start before settling in, giving up three runs in the first and none after. Unfortunately, those three runs were enough, and the Cardinals dropped back to two games

In recent years, the St. Louis Cardinals front office has seemingly focused on constructing a roster with a high floor. The free agent signings of Dexter Fowler, Mike Leake, and Brett Cecil support that notion. This philosophy keeps the team competitive, and it’s hard to argue against the front office’s